Method of making bell guides



Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,296 E. R. DAVIS METHOD OF MAKING BELL GUIDES Original Filed Dec. 15 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I. lag/HM INVENTOR W W PM Oct. 2 1923. E. R. DAVlS METHOD OF MAKING BELL GUIDES Original Filed 060.15, 1921 INVENTOR ATTORNEY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f z mnzw Patented Get. 2, 1923.

stir I sitar s nnwooi) n. DAVIS, or WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssIe'Nor. To wINCnEsTEB RE- PEATING ARMS COIVIPANY, on NEW HAVEN, coN nCTIcUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT.

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METHOD OF IHAKING BELL GUIDES.

Original application filed December 15, 1921, Serial No.' 522,4G-L- Divided and this application filed July 20, 1922. Serial No. 576,251.

Haven, in the county of New HavemState 50f Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Bell Guidesyand I do hereby deciare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present application is a division of my .applicationfSerial Number 522,461 filed Dec. th, 1921, which has become Patent 15 No. 1,4:i4t,063 dated Feb. 2, 1923.

Guides are used on fishing poles to guide the line in its forward or backward travel between reel and pole tip. To prevent wear on the line, these guides are shaped to present a flaring, or bell shaped mouth to the line, Whether the line is travelling toward or away from the reel. It is common practice to make these guides of metal by stamping them out from a fiat sheet and then rolling and pressing the blank so formed into the desired shape, after which the meeting edges are brazed together. The line of bra zing is along the short element of the guide and unless the brazing is very carefully done, and the inner wearing surface of the guide is carefully finished and polished, the roughness of the jointwill chafe and wear the line to anobjectionable degree, andeven when the brazing and. finishing are carefully done the rubbing of the line in the guide is likely to wear the metal away at or near the brazed joint, and, because of unequal wearing qualities of themetal sheet andthe brazing metal, is likelyto score or groove the guide and develop rough edges and irregularities destructive to the line;

it is an object of the present invention to provide a method whereby bell shape-d guides for the lines of fishing poles can be 4 made without the usual brazed seamand of such form and material that the wear .on the fishing line while passing through these guides will be reduced to a minimum. It is a further object of the invention to 0 produce a seamless bell guide in reliable manner and with economy in labor and ma terials and of such form that it can be attached readily to fishing poles either of split bamboo or of metal. Other objects and advantages will'become clear from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Fig; 1 shows a fishing pole with three bell guides between the reel and the pole tip.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of one of the guides;

Fig. 3'is an end elevation of the same; Fig.4 shows the guide lashedto' a split bamboo pole by means of windings of silk; Fig. 5 shows a seamless tube from which a plurality of guides are made; 2 Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the tube; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the tube after part of the metal has been cut and trimmed away to blank out two guides; 7 1

Fig.8 is a side view of the same;

Fig. 9 shows the blank in elevation after the burrs have been removed. F1gs10 to'16 mclusive illustrate the shearing and swaging steps of the method.

Figs. 17 to 26 inclusive show subsequent steps in the shaping-of the metal'into the desired bellguide.

Fig. 27 is a'plan view of a completed of silk thread. On a metal pole, they are of r wire.

These guides are often subjected to heavy wear from the line, particularly when the fishing pole is used for casting or when for other reason the line is being rapidly let out. or reeled in. The guides must function whether the line is passing through them in one direction or the other.

In accordance with the present invention, a ductile metal, preferably non-corrosive in character, such as an alloy of nickel and silver, is first drawn into a seamless tube, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This may be done by ordinary metal working processes. Such a tube may well have an external diameter of .209 to .211 and-an internal diameter of .159 to .161 of an inch.

i This seamless tube of drawn ductile metal is next cut away, as by milling and trimming, toleave the blank in the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8. It has a plurality of tubular bodies, 6 and 7, integral with a web which consists of end portions 8 and 9 and a central portion 10. Each of the tubular bodies is beveled at its ends 11 and 12, the beveled edges merging into the metal of the web. Further cutting and trimmingmaybe necessary to remove burrs from the cut edge or from the inside of the tubular bodies at the points marked 13 and 14 of Fig.9.

. r The trimmed blank isnext sheared along the line 15 (Fig'10); diagonally of'the central web 10, thereby separating the tubular bodies (Sand 7 from one another.

The next step in the method consists in swaging the web portions 8 and 10 (*Fig. 13) toflatten them' and to provide stock from which to cut feet' integral with the V tubular body and: useful in securing the 7 guide to the fishing pole.

As indicated in Fig. 14;, the swaging operation may be'used to taper the metal of the web from the tu bularbody outward-to the ends of the'bla nk.

The swaged blank is'then'trimmed to convert the flattened Web portions 8 and 10 into feet 16 and 17, which are integral with the tubular body 6- and taper in thickness and in Width. The structure. is then trimmed and filed smooth, particularly at the corners marked 18 and19, Figs! 19 and 20re spectively.

The next step consists in upsetting and expanding the tubular body to bell both endsof the opening; therethrougli, asindicated in Figs. 21 to 23 inclusive. Incidental to this, the feet lfiand 17 are bentdown ward about as shown in'F igl' 22-. Ordinarily the upsetting and expanding operation-can advantageously be repeated to further bell the opening through the tubular body as shown: in Figs. 245 M26 inclusive;

With the structure reduced to: the. form shown in Fig. 25-, the final operation consists in straightening and bending up the feet 16 and 17 intothe position shown in Figs. 27ft!) QQ-inclu'sive, so thatthey can lie flat against the side of the fishing pole with the tubularbody spaced from; the pole. to

invention as defined by the appended claims. The guides can be madein larger or smaller sizes, as desired, due allowance beingmade in the dimensions of the drawn tube (Fig.

5) from which the blanks are cut. I

For use on hexagonal oroctagonal poles,

such as are commonly made from split bamboo, the feet 16and 17 can be entirely flat along their bottom faces, but for use 011* of the guide is: sIi-iootli and polished a d consists entirely of single metal without any brazing and without a'ny jointsflhe fisliing line will passalqng the guide with little friction and with little or me tendency; to

channel or groove the guide. The equalize tion of the Wear on the curved faceoff the guide prevents the de x'elo m'eat of sharp corners or roughfedges such as heretofore have been encountered in the use of guides with brazed joints.

The method above described 'is eCOnoniicaI in labor and'in materials and is yv'ell adapted to machine'production in' larg'e volume; The product resulting from the method is uniform in quality, low in cost and reliable and satisfactory in operation.

I claim: I

1 The method of ma'king bell guide, which consists in cutting away parts" of a seamless tube to leave a cylindrical: body with integral feet", and then upsetting and expanding" such body er bell the opening therethrough.

2; The method of making a lill guide, which consists in cutting aw parts or a seamless tubeto leave a cylindrical body with integral fet,- upsetting and ing said body in ant-eastern bellbdtli ends of the opening entrant-saga; and bending tlie feet to liein a plane spaced; from. the

tubular body v r 3. The method of making a bell giiibl'e, which consists cutting"- away parts of: a seamless tube, to leave a cylindrical body; withbeveled ends and integral-tapered feet, and then upsetting and" espandingeisaid-bedy in a manner to'syiiihletricallybell both ends of the openingtherethreuglig substantially as described.

a. The methodof making bell guides, which consists in drawing a seamless tube; cutting away artso'fsaiu tube to leaves plurality of tnbular'bodies; connected integral web,; sl1'earing saia web, to separate said tubular bodies from one another, swag ing and trimming said web; to rarer feet, integral with eac'h tubula r body, upsetting and expanding each of said tiibul ar' bodies;

to bell both ends of the opening therethrough, and then bending said feet to lie against the side of a fishing pole, with said tubular bodies spaced therefrom, to hold the guide line out of contact with the windings by which said feet are lashed to the pole.

5. The method of making bell guides,

which consists in drawing a seamless tube,

cutting away parts of said tube, to leave a plurality of tubular bodies connected by an integral web and having beveled ends, shearing said web to separate said tubular bodies from one another, swaging and trimming said web to form feet integral with each tubular body, and tapered in Width, bending these feet toward each other, upsetting and expanding each of said tubular bodies to symmetrically bell both ends of the open ing therethrough, and then bending said feet to lie against the side of a fishing pole with said tubular bodies spaced therefrom, to hold the guided line out of contact with the windings, by which said feet are lashed to the pole.

6. The method of making bell guides, which consists in drawing a seamless tube, milling away parts of said tube to leave a plurality of tubular bodies, connected by an integral web and each having beveled ends, shearing said web diagonally to separate said tubular bodies from one another, swaging and trimming said web to form feet integral with each tubular body and tapered in width, bending these feet toward each other, and upsetting and expanding each of said tubular bodies to symmetrically bell both ends of the opening therethrough, and then bending said feet to lie against the side of a fish ing pole, with said tubular body spaced therefrom to hold the guided line out of contact with the windings by which said feet are lashed to the pole.

7. The method of making bell guides, which consists in drawing a seamless tube, milling away parts of said tube to leave a plurality of tubular bodies connected by an integral web, and each having beveled ends, trimming the blank so formed, shearing said web diagonally to separate said tubular bodies from one another, swaging and trimming said web to form feet integral with each tubular body and tapered in width and p in thickness, bending these feet toward each other, repeatedly upsetting and expanding each of said tubular bodies to symmetrically bell both ends of the opening therethrough, and then bending said feet to lie flat against the side of a fishing pole, with said tubular body spaced therefrom, to hold the guided line out of contact with the windings by which said feet are lashed to the pole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELWOOD RDAVIS. 

